Sep 17, 2015

NEMESIS - Misha Glenny

His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hardworking young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down.

Nemesis is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted criminal. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution, while everyone around him drew guns and partied. It’s a gripping tale of gold-hunters and evangelical pastors, bent police and rich-kid addicts, quixotic politicians and drug lords with maths degrees.
 
This is also the story of how change came to Brazil.

For the cover, Nem was redrawn from an existing photograph supplied by Agencia O Dia in Brazil, with the typestyle was influenced by favela grafitti.

Nemesis is published this month by The Bodley Head.

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